Pain management in disorders of consciousness
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Pain assessment and management in disorders of consciousness.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pain and suffering controversies in persons with disorders of consciousness continue to be debated by the scientific, legal and medical ethics communities. This review examines the current knowledge base for guiding decisions regarding assessment and management of pain in persons with disorders of consciousness. RECENT FINDINGS Studies have shown that brain processing linked...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neuroscience
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1662-453X
DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2018.95.00096